Expert discussions at the Helsinki Chemicals Forum included the Green Deal and the EU Chemicals Strategy

The New EU Chemicals Strategy

Industrial Waste Gases for Chemical Production
1st success: LanzaTech and BASF produce n-octanol at a laboratory scale from carbon monoxide and hydrogen

Discussion on Patent Release for COVID-19 Vaccines
According to industry association, lifting patent protection could discourage entrepreneurs and will not speed up the global supply of vaccines

60th Birthday: Martin Muhler
Catalysis researcher and former Chairman of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)

Comparing COVID-19 Vaccines
Comparing vector vaccines based on adenoviruses and mRNA vaccines

Interview with Ingmar Hoerr, Pioneer of mRNA Technology
As a Ph.D. student, Hoerr discovered that mRNA can be used as a therapeutic vaccine or agent when administered directly into tissues

70th Birthday: Michael Röper
Industrial chemist formerly at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

New CEO of Merck KGaA
Belén Garijo appointed Executive Board Chairman and CEO of Merck KGaA

BASF Increases R&D Presence in Asia
BASF expands its Innovation Campus Shanghai and establishes an academic sounding board as part of the Asian Open Research Network (NAO)

Most Accessed Articles: March 2021
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals